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THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

October 8, 2021

Experimental indie from Denmark's Efterklang, Arabic avant-garde from Montreal's Jerusalem In My Heart, gritpop from Tyneside's Sam Fender and two compilations of trad Irish folk and Italian horror scores.

Category: Albums, Reviews

ROGER TAYLOR | LIVE REVIEW

October 7, 2021

St David’s Hall may be a small venue for stadium songs, but every note was as big as Queen and Roger Taylor deserved.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

MY LITTLE SISTER | FILM REVIEW

October 7, 2021

A well-acted relationship drama with some gruelling, emotional scenes, My Little Sister is an engrossing tale of resilience, failed dreams and family bonds.

Category: Film, Reviews

CLINTON BAPTISTE | STAGE REVIEW

October 7, 2021

Carl Marsh arrived with high expectations for this gig, as a fan of the Clinton Baptiste podcasts, but reports that he hasn't laughed so much in years...

Category: Comedy, Reviews Region: South Wales

JANET’S AUTHENTIC NORTHERN CHINESE | FOOD REVIEW

October 7, 2021

Nestled discreetly in a unit at the south-east corner of Pontypridd market, Janet’s Authentic Northern Chinese is quickly running out of wall space on which to hang its well-deserved culinary awards.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales

INFINITE | FILM REVIEW

October 6, 2021

Infinite is a sorry, overly familiar mess where a miscast Mark Wahlberg plays a schizophrenic who somehow knows how to make samurai swords.

Category: Film, Reviews Region: South Wales

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

October 6, 2021

Reviews of newly published titles by Ruth Ozeki, JR Moores, Annie Ernaux, Kate Bowler and Montserrat Roig (that one's newly translated from Catalan to English)

Category: Books, Reviews

THE BOY WITH TWO HEARTS | STAGE REVIEW

October 6, 2021

You’d be forgiven for thinking that The Boy With Two Hearts would be a difficult watch – but this is a play about hope, with an enormous heart.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

THE GUILTY | FILM REVIEW

October 5, 2021

The Guilty is a fairly taut one-man show for Jake Gyllenhaal, a cop receiving 911 calls as Los Angeles burns.

Category: Film, Reviews

SQUID / PVA | LIVE REVIEW

October 5, 2021

If you can embrace the incomprehensibility and just surrender yourself to them, you soon find that Squid are trustworthy tour guides guaranteed to take you to interesting, out-of-the-way places.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

BAD CANDY | FILM REVIEW

October 4, 2021

A Halloween anthology of dubious quality that fails to hang together: obviously filmed on a shoestring and with plenty of ambition, but providing neither trick nor treat.

Category: Film, Reviews

FRESHMAN YEAR | FILM REVIEW

October 1, 2021

Notwithstanding its original title of Shithouse, Freshman Year is both moving and funny: a painfully well observed snapshot of college life and the feeling all university students when they’re away from home for the first time.

Category: Film, Reviews

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

October 1, 2021

Including pioneers of Detroit techno, 2-tone and progressive rock - those'd be Kevin Saunderson, The Specials and Yes - plus newcomers to the trip-hop and gothic metal subgenres, namely Tirzah and Unto Others.

Category: Albums, Reviews

HELLO WORLD | FILM REVIEW

September 30, 2021

Tomohiko Itō's Hello World is the kind of ambitious and interesting storytelling you’d expect from a filmmaker finally let loose from the franchise pen.

Category: Film, Reviews Region: Mid Wales, South Wales

WOLF ALICE | LIVE REVIEW

September 30, 2021

To encourage people to return to live gigs, Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery's Revive Live Tour saw Wolf Alice playing select small UK venues including Sin City in Swansea.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: West Wales

THE STARLING | FILM REVIEW

September 29, 2021

A mawkish drama with a tin ear for emotion, The Starling is a misjudged exploration of grief with awkward performances and cringey insincerity.

Category: Film, Reviews

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 29, 2021

From a post-Atwood dystopian novel, to a snazzy hardback history of wildlife photography, to the latest from TV's Richard Osman, to some brief thoughts on spaghetti, to comedian Phil Wang on racial identity... we get this week's books column.

Category: Books, Reviews

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT | LIVE REVIEW

September 29, 2021

Canadian-Americana comes to theTramshed tonight as Martha Wainwright is in town, and her quintessentially American folk-pop sounds great in this venue.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

THE GREEN KNIGHT | FILM REVIEW

September 28, 2021

A dream-like retelling of the 14th Century chivalric tale of Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, David Lowery’s film is breathtakingly beautiful and haunting, with a strong central performance from Dev Patel

Category: Film, Reviews

NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS | LIVE REVIEW

September 28, 2021

There’s the sense of these performances being essential to both Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, a much-needed release after so long pent up in isolation, lockdown, and uncertainty.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

I’M YOUR MAN: A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN | LIVE REVIEW

September 28, 2021

James Ellis returns to Cardiff's Chapter Arts Centre to see Steven Elliott pay tribute to soul poet legend Leonard Cohen.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

BLACK STONE CHERRY | LIVE REVIEW

September 27, 2021

Black Stone Cherry’s energy is infectious and there wasn’t a dull moment on stage. When you leave a venue with sore hands you know it’s been a good night.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE | FILM REVIEW

September 27, 2021

An uplifting drama based on a documentary which was subsequently turned into an award-winning stage musical, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie can’t help but leave you smiling.

Category: Film, Reviews

THREAD | ART REVIEW

September 27, 2021

Swansea gallery Elysium’s group show Thread brings together four established artists to explore the vast possibilities of what can be created with textiles

Category: Art, Reviews Region: West Wales

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

ROGER TAYLOR | LIVE REVIEW

MY LITTLE SISTER | FILM REVIEW

CLINTON BAPTISTE | STAGE REVIEW

JANET’S AUTHENTIC NORTHERN CHINESE | FOOD REVIEW

INFINITE | FILM REVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THE BOY WITH TWO HEARTS | STAGE REVIEW

THE GUILTY | FILM REVIEW

SQUID / PVA | LIVE REVIEW

BAD CANDY | FILM REVIEW

FRESHMAN YEAR | FILM REVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

HELLO WORLD | FILM REVIEW

WOLF ALICE | LIVE REVIEW

THE STARLING | FILM REVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT | LIVE REVIEW

THE GREEN KNIGHT | FILM REVIEW

NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS | LIVE REVIEW

I’M YOUR MAN: A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN | LIVE REVIEW

BLACK STONE CHERRY | LIVE REVIEW

EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE | FILM REVIEW

THREAD | ART REVIEW

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